J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country 1811 > Devonshire Coast, No.1 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Teign Bridge, between Kingsteignton and Newton Abbott 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Teign Bridge, between Kingsteignton and Newton Abbott’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 86 Verso:
?Teign Bridge, between Kingsteignton and Newton Abbott 1811
D08526
Turner Bequest CXXIII 83a
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 117 x 75 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[?Kington in Nwtn]’ bottom left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The significance of Turner’s inscription is elusive, but it may indicate the bridge on the Exeter Road over River Teign, between Kingsteignton to the east and Newton Abbot to the south. If so the bridge has since been altered or replaced, but the setting remains rural. The site is between others which he drew in this area of south-east Devon area, such as Teignmouth to the east (see under folio 71 verso; D08499; CXXIII 68a) and Ogwell Mill, west of Newton Abbott (see under folio 76 recto; D08508; CXXIII 73).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘?Teign Bridge, between Kingsteignton and Newton Abbott 1811 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2011, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-teign-bridge-between-kingsteignton-and-newton-abbott-r1137003, accessed 25 April 2024.